Combined farming machine



May2s,1929. A WHEARN '1,715,235

COMBINED FARMING MACHINE Filed Jan. 8, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ATTORNEY May 2s, 1929. J, W, HEARN 1,715,235

COMBINED FARMING MACHINE Filed Jan. 8, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Q/d-mS'T/lbreaf/o y I INVENTOR AmRNEY May 28, 1929.

.1.Y w. HEARN COMBI'NED FARMING MACHINE Filed Jan.-8, 192e s sheets-sheet s INVEITQR l Wo BY en Al IORNEY James Wfzream,

BUD UEE WITNESS:

' ployed as Patented May 28, 1929.

' tnayvz'afs,

JAMES WILLIAM IIEAEN, 0E WATEEToWN, TENNESSEE, AssIGNoE 0E oNE-HALE To W. H. BASS, or WATEETOWN, TENNESSEE.

COMBINED EAEMING MACHINE.

Application inea January s, 1926. senaiNo. 50,044.

My present inventionV comprehends the provision of a machine which may be Successfully employed for various purposes on a farm or the like. l

My improvement contemplates the employment of a lmotor driven wheeled frame which in itselt1 constitutes a tractor that may be used for hauling, pulling, etc., but which is designed to have associated therewith and driven thereby a large assortment of devices or implements employed in farming.

The improvement further contemplates an auxiliary ywheeled frame which is designed to be secured to the vframe of an ordinary mot-or driven vehicle, and which is extended therebetween and the wheels thereof rotated by the drive axles 'or shafts of the machine, the wheels of the latter being removed,'the said auxiliary frame designed to have removably supportedv thereon a mill, crusher, a thresher, a seeder, a fertilizer distributor, etc., all of whichvare driven by the rear" axles of the tractor proper, and which, when removed therefrom, permits the device being eman ordinary tractor, while there is further removably associated with the device a cotton'chopper, a soil pulverizer and a `hay tedder.

A still Jfurther object is the provision of a Vmotor operated wheeled `trame, which embodies among other features. a plurality of toothed cylinders adapted to'be rotated Vfrom a driven shaft, together with means for raisy ing or lowering the cylinders with relation to the ground as occasion may require, so that the said cylinders maybeemployed as ground pulverizers, hay tedders, or wherein i the elements constituting the cylinders vmay be moved in spaced relation with respect to each other so that the device may be successfully employed as a chopper for cotton or other vegetation. n

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the foregoing description is read in connection with the drawings, the invention further residing in the construction and arrangement oparts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part` of this ap plication, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in .the several views, and` whereinzv Figure 1is a side elevation of the machine torming the subject matter of the present invention, parts being broken away, land showing the toothed cylinders in active posi-V tion.y l

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the toothed cylinders raised above the ground.

, Figure 3 is a vfragmentary top plan view. Figure 4; is a fragmentary perspective view of the auxiliary frame illustrating the drive connection between the motor operated shaft A and the shaft on the said auxiliary frame.

`Figurev 5 is a sectional view through the cylinders to show how they are mounted.

Figure 6 is a vdetail sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 5. v

Figure 7 is a detail sectional view showing how the combined sprocket andpulley wheels are mounted.

Figure 8 isa detail sectionalv view showing the cylinder sections separated, as when the device is employed as a cotton chopper.

Referring, to the drawings in detail, 10

represents vthe frame, of an ordinary motor' driven'vehicle. The rear or drive wheels ot the motor frame are removed, and secured to the said frame 10, lat'the rear thereof, there is an auxiliary frame 11 which forms a continuity of the trame 10,v as shown in Figures 1, 2 andB. The drive shaft from the motor 12 is received through the usual drive shaft housing 12, while between the axles and the drive shaft there is the usual differential. the 3 said d1E-erent1al and axles being khoused 41n the usual manner, as indicated by the numeral 13. As stated, the drive wheels of the .machine are removed, but tractor wheels 14l are v'fixed on the ends of a shaft 142" which is iliaryframe 11. The `spindle ends of th'e'axle 'in the housing 13 are indicated by the Vnumerals 15, and freely journaled on the reduced or h ub ends 13 of the housing. 1,3 there are sprocket 'wheels 18 which have an inner continuous flange 18 in the nature of a pulground.'

ley. Fixedly secured on'eaeh of the spindles there is a sprocket wheel'19 having its inner or body portion round and comparatively wide, as indicated by the numeral 19. Spring influenced means, broadly indicated by the numeral 21, are carried by the combiiied sprocket `andpulley wheel 19 anden-v an opening in the combinedl sprocket and pulley wheel 19, locking these elements together. This is clearly illustrated. by Figure 7 of the drawings. Trained around the sprocket wheels 19 and around sprocket wheels 2O which are fixed on the shaft 14, there are endless chains'17. By this arrangement it will be noted that t-hev tractor wheels 14 are revolved by the motor 12.V

Toothed cylinders 22 are mounted on shafts 23. These cylinders may be arranged either to lthe front or to the .rearofthe tractor Wheels 14. The shafts 23 are ar.- ranged end to end. and are journaled i'n'parallel members 24 that are hung from bracketsv 24 which are fixed tothe forward end of the auxiliary frame 11. Rising from the pivotally supported frame for Vthe cylinders 22 there is an arm 26, which is connected with one branch 27 of a bell crank lever 28, the other branch 29 of which is connected with a rod 30 which is Yactuated through the-instrumentality of a hand lever 31 disposed adjacent tor the seat 32 of the vehicle. Manifestly the leverBl is disposed within convenientrea'ch of the driver so that the cylinders 22 can be conveniently raised or lowered with relation to the ground. The shafts 23l are provided with sprocket wheels 33 that have trained therearound and also around the sprockets 18 endless chains 34, whereby the cylinders are rotated. It will be noted upon inspection of Figure 2 that guards 35 are arranged adjacent. to the toothed cylinders 22 and that. the endless chains 17 are concealed in guards 36. Connected with the bell crank lever and with the'fraine 11 there is a spring 87. to assist in moving the cylinders 22 awa-y'from the lf desired, Vand'a's illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings, a shaft. 88 may be journaled transversely of the frame, and equipped with sprocket wheels 89 over which andthe sprocket wheels 18 of the axles are trained chains 40, thereby rotating ther shaft 38 and Vutilizing the power so developed for driving machinery from 'a belt wheel 41 on the said shaft 38. The pulley wheels 19 or 18 may be also utilized for this purpose.

VrThe pulleywheel 18", associated withk the sprocket wheels 18,may be utilized for'driving agricultural machines, such for instance,

av threshing machine, seeders, fertilizer disif desired, the saine may be held above ground contacting engagement., as disclosed in Figure 2 of the drawings. lVhen the machinery is removed from the frame the device may be employed as an ordinary tractor.

Because of the varying'diameters of the sprocket wheels between the driven and the ldrive sprockets for the cylinders, the said Cylinders will be caused to rotate with great rapidity, so, from experience Ivhave found that the teeth of the cylinders will fully 'enter the ground, and, as a matter of fact,l

the lower portion of the said cylinders will also enter the ground. In this manner dirt and weeds are dug up and thrown to the rear of the machine. As the dirt is heavier than the weeds or roots the same will first reach the ground so thatv the roots will be exposed thereover and permitted to vrot by eX- posure. Thus our machine provides an ideal machine for pulverizing and treating` soil to render the same vin a proper condition for planting. v

In Figures '3 and 5 of the drawings I have illustrated the shafts 23 as provided each Cil with a single cylinder 22, but, as disclosed by Figure 8 of the drawings each cylinder 22 is preferably made up of any desired number of wheel-like sections 42. `The hubs 43 of these sections are secured upon the shafts 3 by bolt members 44. By such arrange# nient it will be noted'that the sections 42 rmaybe brought. against each other and locked to the shaft, or as disclosed by the said Figure 8, may be arranged in close relation with respect to each other. vIVhen the sections are arranged, asin Figure 8, the teeth of the wheels or cylinders will 'operate' between grown .plants and the device when so arranged produces an ideal cotton' chopper.

While it is believed that from the foregoing description the nature and advantages of the `invention will be readily apparent, it is to be 4understood that the improvement is not to be limited Yto the construction' herein ,shown and described, andtliatsuch changes kmay be resorted to when desired as fall within the Vscope of what is' claimed. v

Having thus Vdescribed the invention, what is claimed as new, is`1- f The combination with a wheeled frame including a crossed member and a driven shaft,

of spaced brackets mounted. on said crossinenibeigan auxiliary f 'ame including spaced side members and an intermediate member having their corresponding ends pivoted on the adjacent brackets, and disposed beneath the main frame, shafts journaled in the meinb'ers of the auxiliary frame, toothed cylinders mounted on said shafts and arranged kto operate between the wheels of the main `fraine and directly in advance of the'aXle thereof, means for rotating said shafts from said driven shaft, a curved vertical guard arranged at the rear of the toothed cylin-v CII ders and partly projectingvover the latter,'a bell crank lever pivoted on the main frame, an arm pivotally connected with one branch of the bellV crank lever anclvwith said auxL iliary frame, means connected With the other K auxiliary frame, and a coil spring terminally' connected with the main frame and the last mentioned branch of the bell crank lever to' 10 assist in raising the auxiliary frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMES WrLLrAM HEAR'N 

